A boxing project implemented by an NGO Innovation Award winner is empowering displaced Yazidi women and girls in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

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Disability rights activist Tetiana Barantsova escaped the war in Ukraine in a wheelchair. Now she’s helping others with disabilities to do the same.

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GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened to see the tragic aftermath of this morning’s deadly earthquake in Afghanistan. Reports suggest that so far nearly 1,000 people have died and more…

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More than 2 million refugees will be in need of resettlement next year, according to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs Assessment for 2023 released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The 2023…

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Stiller: “Protecting people forced to flee is a collective global responsibility. We have to remember this could happen to anyone, anywhere.”

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Abidjan – UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, is celebrating World Refugee Day in Côte d’Ivoire, alongside former refugees who have returned home ahead of the formal end of Ivorian refugee…

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World Refugee Day is intended to be a celebration of the human spirit and of the fortitude of the millions of people who ­ despite being displaced and dispossessed – relentlessly strive to improve their…

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With peace and stability in Cote D’Ivoire, refugee status for Ivorians is coming to an end. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees joined a group returning home from Liberia.

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Iryna Morykvas reflects on how fleeing Ukraine with her son changed her perspective on love, peace and safety – and inspired her to design this year’s World Refugee Day emoji.

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This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee…

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The UN Refugee Agency’s Deputy High Commissioner Kelly T. Clements visited Afghanistan and Pakistan this week to focus attention on the dramatic humanitarian situation facing Afghans and the need to continue…

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Despite some signs of progress, the speed and scale of forced displacement is outpacing solutions for refugees

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The number of people forced to flee violence, war and persecution, is outpacing the available solutions.

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NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME – In less than a month, the Security Council resolution that allows the United Nations and our implementing partners to provide lifesaving humanitarian aid to northwest Syria from…

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In his new memoir, ‘Asylum,’ Nigerian refugee and LGBTIQ+ activist Edafe Okporo writes that even detention and discrimination didn’t shake his faith in America.

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The Spanish football giant and its Foundation will help to fund four projects in Colombia, Uganda, Türkiye and Malaysia.

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“Uprooted” shows how the terrifying memories of conflict live on in those who have escaped, and sends a message of solidarity to refugees around the world.

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While reported numbers of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe are fewer than in 2015, journeys are becoming more fatal. This is according to a new data visualization released today…

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Trained refugee volunteers are the first line of defence against the frequent fires that tear through camps in the dry season.

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Geneva – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomed Ecuador’s regularization initiative that is expected to benefit thousands of Venezuelans. Ecuador…

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LOS ANGELES – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomed today an important declaration adopted at the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, United States. The 20 countries endorsing the Los Angeles Declaration…

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GENEVA — UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has updated its data portal on the Ukraine Refugee Situation, adding new data which better reflects recent movements of refugees from and to Ukraine. The Ukraine…

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Pain, anguish and a search for answers as an explosion kills four refugee boys in Maban County, where decades of conflict have left a cache of unexploded ordnance.

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A Congolese refugee is providing a lifeline for thousands of refugees and their hosts in Kenya’s Kakuma camp through sustainable, reliable and affordable energy.

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I have spent the last weeks in Kyiv, Poltava, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, and now in Vinnytsya, meeting internally displaced people, local authorities, emergency services and volunteers in the host communities. The…

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Narrated by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller and supporter Mindy Kaling, an animated series looks at the rights of people forced to flee and the responsibility we all have to protect them.

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is increasingly concerned by the sharp increase in individuals, including a growing number of Haitians, resorting to dangerous journeys in the Caribbean Sea, many taking place…

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues to scale up its operations in Poland to provide aid to refugees from Ukraine who have settled across the country. Poland remains the main country of arrival for…

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